Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The days since I returned to the capital have been really busy, and I have to go to the house today.

This house has been under renovation for nearly 9 months.

But according to Zhang Xinbai and others, the decoration has not been completed yet.

Zhao Yuanzhen knew that the house was large and the decoration drawings she provided were complicated, but she didn't expect that it would take so long to be completed.

She is going to go over to see the house today.

She went to the capital city on horseback, and went directly to the house instead of the shop.

"Private residence, no trespassing."

Just as she was about to go in, she was stopped.

"I am the owner of this house. I came to see the progress of the house renovation."

"Are you the owner? Wait a moment, I'll go call our shopkeeper."

The servant was a little suspicious, but still polite, and ran to find their boss.

After a while, the shopkeeper came out quickly.

From the servant's description, he felt that it was Madam Zhang who had returned.

"Madam Zhang, it is you who are back. I heard the servant say that it must be you. Please come in quickly. Be smart. This is the owner of the house, Madam Zhang."

"Yes, boss, I understand. I'm sorry, Madam Zhang, we were blind and didn't recognize you."

"It's okay, it's okay. This shows that you are responsible and dedicated to your work. You are great. I haven't been here for a long time, so it's normal that you don't recognize me. I don't blame you."

"Mrs. Zhang is kind-hearted and generous. Let's go and take a look at the house."

"it is good!"

Then he followed the shopkeeper into the house.

"Mrs. Zhang, we have basically finished decorating the house. We just need to do some finishing touches like details and cleaning. If you hadn't come today, I would have gone to the mansion to find Master Zhang and the others to come over and inspect it."

"Then I came at the right time!"

"Yes, then I'll take you on a tour so you can see if there's anything that needs to be changed, added, or that you're not satisfied with."

"Okay, let's take a look."

The shopkeeper took Zhao Yuanzhen on a tour starting from the outer courtyard. They toured the house and yard in great detail, including the floor tile flower walls, corridors and flower galleries, rockery landscaping, pond bonsai, and so on.

Visited them all.

The shopkeeper of this shop is indeed trustworthy in his work. He basically replicates the decoration drawings given by Zhao Yuanzhen one to one.

Some flowers, plants and trees have not been planted yet, and Zhao Yuanzhen needs to buy them herself, but the flower beds, gardens and rockery that will be needed are all ready.

I visited my main courtyard and the 11 outer courtyards. The hard furnishings were all very well decorated, and the only thing left was the soft furnishings.

The house was built perfectly, exactly as she had imagined Cheng Garden in her mind. After touring the entire garden, she liked it very much and had no complaints.

Next I will be busy and have to start working on the soft furnishings.

"Give me the dimensions of the window later, and I'll have the glass delivered tomorrow."

"Okay, Madam Zhang, I'll ask someone to do the statistics right away."

The shopkeeper found a servant and asked him to notify the carpenters to find someone to count the sizes of all the windows in the garden so that they could customize the glass.

Zhao Yuanzhen stayed in Chengyuan until the afternoon and took all the necessary sizes before leaving.

She wants to go to the shop to have a look.

I went to the grocery store first and restocked the store with some goods.

The things in the grocery store are marked in the system mall. I bought a lot of things that were lower than the price in this world and stored them in the warehouse of the grocery store.

For the remaining high-priced items, you can ask the shopkeeper to purchase them as usual.

I wrote 4 more recipes for the dessert chefs, and these are this year’s new desserts.

The required glass is placed in the warehouse, and all the glass is cut directly according to the size given by the craftsmen.

Ask Zhang Xinnian to send it to Chengyuan tomorrow.

I visited all the shops and found everything was fine and in order, and the turnover was increasing gradually.

The turnover of the bathroom shop has also seen a qualitative development. Any well-known family in the capital would be ridiculed if they did not install a toilet made by Zhang Weiyu in their house.

Each mansion has many courtyards, for the master, the wife and daughter, the young master, the concubine, and the young masters and young ladies born out of wedlock. With so many courtyards, a mansion would need at least 7 or 8 sets of bathroom facilities.

What the capital city has the most is these prominent families.

Therefore, the business of bathroom shops is booming.

When Zhao Yuanzhen was inspecting the shop, he asked the shopkeeper to leave a team of people to go to Chengyuan tomorrow to install the bathroom in the house.

There are nearly 20 bathrooms in the house. The servants' bathrooms in the outer and inner courtyards have squat toilets, while the bathrooms in each courtyard of the inner courtyard have toilets.

After more than two years of firing, the bathroom porcelain has been fired better and better. Not only is the quality good, the master has also made many improvements, making it more convenient to use.

After inspecting the shop, she went to the general's mansion. She hadn't told Zhao Yuanlan that she was back this time.

"Hello, Miss. You are back."

The gatekeeper looked at her and quickly shouted for someone to deliver the message.

"Well, is the general in the mansion?"

"My dear Miss, I am in the mansion. Please come in."

Zhao Yuanzhen was familiar with the route and went to find Zhao Yuanlan and Yue Hongmian.

"Little sister, when will you get home? Why don't you write a letter in advance so that I can pick you up."

"Brother, I arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday. There's nothing wrong here. I don't need to pick you up. It's the same for me to come and see you."

"You, have you had dinner? Butler, go and tell the kitchen to make more delicious food. The eldest lady is back."

"Yes, General."

"Don't bother. Where's my sister-in-law?"

"Your sister-in-law is in the room. I have sent someone to call her."

"Okay, big brother, you won't be leading the troops recently, right?"

"It should be. The border has been quite harmonious recently, and nothing major has happened. Your Majesty should be fine for the time being."

"Well, that's good. It's time to have a good rest and accompany my sister-in-law. It's been only a short time since we got married, and you've been sent out."

"Little sister, you are here."

As soon as Yue Hongmian entered the house, she heard her sister-in-law speaking up for her. This sister-in-law was really a good person with a good temper, a good personality, and was cheerful. She liked her very much.

"Sister-in-law, you are here."

"Why are you standing up? Sit down. This is your home. There's no need to be so polite."

"Tell the housekeeper to instruct the kitchen to make more delicious food. It's not easy for my little sister to come back once."

"Hahaha, Madam and I really are in sync. I've already given instructions to the kitchen."

"That's good. Little sister, you can stay in this mansion today. We haven't seen each other for a long time. I have a lot to talk to you about."

"Brother, sister-in-law, please don't bother asking the kitchen. I'm here to ask sister-in-law to go out and play. Brother, have dinner by yourself. Sister-in-law and I won't eat at home."

"Going out to play? Where are you going to play without me?"

Zhao Yuanlan was a little confused.

"Yeah, little sister. Where are you taking me to play?"

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to take you to the beauty salon. I've been busy before and you've never been there. Today I'm free, so let's go and relax."

She asked Li Zhijuan whether her aunt had ever been to the beauty salon. Li Zhijuan checked the accounts and knew the customers of the beauty salon, but she had never seen her aunt's information.

"Here. Okay, then wait for me to change my clothes, and then we'll go."

Yue Hongmian had wanted to go to this beauty shop for a long time, but after getting married, she was very busy for a while in order to take over the general's mansion as soon as possible. When she was not busy, the general took his troops to Yanshan Mansion, and she stayed at home alone and didn't like to move.

Not only did my husband go to Yanshan Mansion, but my sister-in-law went there as well.

She didn't have many friends in the capital. She used to have some, but after getting married, she gradually stopped keeping in touch with them.

Now that those people saw that she had become the wife of the first-rank General Anguo, they began to come to her and flatter her again. She couldn't stand it. She was afraid that she would meet her old friends in the beauty salon. She was alone and really had no interest in going there.

I never went there.

When her younger sister mentioned it today, she was really curious and wanted to go and take a look.

"Okay, I'll wait for you, sister-in-law."

Yue Hongmian took her maid back to change clothes.

"That's right. It would be good to take your sister-in-law out for a walk more often. I'm afraid she'll be bored at home every day."

"I'm in Beijing recently. I'll take my sister-in-law for a walk when I have nothing to do. Don't worry, brother."

"Okay, then I'll leave your sister-in-law to you."

Zhao Yuanlan knew that Yue Hongmian didn't have many close friends. She no longer associated with those people from the past. It would be nice to have her younger sister take her out to play.

Yue Hongmian changed very quickly, and soon came out with her little maid.

"Okay, let's go, little sister. Husband, you can eat at home by yourself. I won't accompany you."

"Okay, go out and have fun."

"Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of my sister-in-law and send her back to you tomorrow. Then we'll leave."

"Well, go ahead and be safe."

They went there in the general's carriage.

When we arrived at the beauty salon, big red lanterns were hung high, creating a lively scene.

"Sister-in-law, we're here. Let's go down first and ask the servant to go back and come pick us up tomorrow."

"it is good."

Zhao Yuanzhen took Yue Hongmian and the little maid in.

"Welcome, it's quiet inside! Madam! Hello, madam, you're back!"

"Well, this is my sister-in-law. When my sister-in-law comes next time, just place an order and take good care of her."

Placing an order is just for recording, no payment is required.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Sister-in-law, let's go change clothes first."

Took Yue Hongmian to the changing room.

"Ma'am, I'll get you your clothes."

"Well, go ahead and find a new set of silk ones and bring them to my sister-in-law. Get new sets of the others and open a special cabinet for them."

"Yes, ma'am, please wait a moment, Madam General, please wait a moment."

"Little sister, you still need to change clothes."

"Well, don't be nervous. There are no men in this building, only women. It will be more comfortable to change clothes."

Hearing that there was no man, Yue Hongmian was no longer so nervous.

After a while, the two people's things were brought.

"Madam, we have arranged a double massage room and masseuse for you. Shall we go up now?"

"Let's go a little later. I'll check my sister-in-law's pulse. We'll have dinner and then go upstairs."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Sister-in-law, come here, I'll take your pulse."

Took her to her small clinic.

"Little sister, you actually know medical skills?"

My little sister is an amazing woman who is good at everything.

He is good at swordplay, archery, poetry and couplets, and he is good at business, and he also has all kinds of novel and interesting recipes.

"Yes, I am a very good doctor. Come, let me feel your pulse."

Yue Hongmian sat down and handed her her hand.

Zhao Yuanzhen began to take her pulse.